Fabgrandpa and I haven’t seen this yet, but we are planning to soon. He loves Bette Midler and has seen every movie she has been in more than once. The storyline is that and old school grandfather and his eager to please wife, played by Billy Crystal and Bette Midler, agree to babysit their three grandchildren while their parents go out of town for work.
The parents, played by Marissa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott, are type-A helicopter parents, who strictly control their children’s lifes. They give very detailed instructions to the grandparents before leaving, but the grandparents toss the rules as soon as Mama and Daddy leave. It’s when 21st century problems collide with Artie and Diane’s old school methods of tough rules, lots of love and old-fashioned games, it’s learning to bend – and not holding your ground – that binds a family together.
It sounds like a great movie for any age to watch, but because the storyline focuses on how the grandparents in this family handle things, I am especially wanting to see how it ends.
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Have Sunday dinner every weekend with my grandparents and always eating a ton!
I enjoyed our trips to the beach together.
Playing Rummy-o
Learning to sew with Grandma debbie jackson
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love their summer place at Breezy Point
I remember visiting my Grandma and she made fried chicken and mashed potatoes (total comfort food) for lunch! She made everything from scratch.
christmas at their house
Unfortunately I don’t have any memory of my grandparents.
I remember that my grandmother was an awesome cook and made the best homemade gravy!
I spent most of my time with my grandparents when I was growing up — my Grandpa used to take me everywhere with him.
I have many great memories with my grandparents, and luckily theyre still with me. My favorite memories are from when I was young, we used to go to their house every Sunday for family dinner. I always looked forward to it even though i usually had seem them earlier in the week anyway!
I remember my grandmother’s owl collection. She had owl knick knacks all over her house. That probably explains why I like them so well myself. My most vivid memory is of her watching me as a little girl and cooking me bacon in her kitchen. 🙂
I love remembering my grandma always wanting to give me yummy snacks!
My favorite memory was spending some of my summer break with them and baking cupcakes and cooking with my Grandma.
All 4 of mine were dead long before I was born. I was a late in life baby, so I have no memories.
My grandparents used to have dairy cows and we would go out to feed them and give them water.
its sad i have no memories they have been gone too long 🙁
All of the special crochet items she made me and my girls~
having pancake breakfasts when i slept over
Spending two summers with them on their Michigan lake.
my grandmother and i making cookies
getting up with them before they went to work and having coffee and breakfast with them.
going fishing with my grandfather.
I miss going out to my grandma’s farm, picking raspberries and making homemade pie.
I loved waking up at my grandparents’ house! The smells of coffee, bacon and eggs would wake me, and I’d sleepily amble into the kitchen to be greeted and kissed. We’d have a leisurely breakfast (the best!) and they would often tell me stories of their childhoods. I absolutely cherish those memories!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
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my grandmother taught me how to grow roses, sort of like living life
I loved doing arts and crafts with my grandma. She was a school art teacher before she retired.
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my fave memories with my grandma are upnorth at her beach house!
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We used to spend the whole summers at my grandparents farm!
My grandma practically raised me while my Mom worked full time and went to school so she always took me to school, fixed my lunch, etc…she was/is the best baker and cook ever!! ♥ my grandma! don’t know what I would do w/o her!
My favorite memory was going to work with my grandmother. She worked the ladies fitting room in a department store.
One time when i was little I had my grandma play hide and seek with me. I hid in her closet inside a laundry hamper and covered myself with clothes and she could NOT find me! She spent an hour looking for me and finally started saying she was going to call the police if I didn’t come out haha.
My grandparents would always have all of our relatives over at their house and have a wonderful meal and have fun outside with my dad being the chef! I miss mym grandparents! I was very small amd my memories are very few of them. thanks for this giveaway! connie d.
going to visit them every christmas day (and other days of course, but that was a tradition)
Cooking with my grandmother and visiting my grandfather’s mechanic shop.
Great family meals together.
I remember my grandma making the best dumplings in the world!
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She made us big buffet dinners at her place on holidays.
we always went out for a nice dinner when we would visit and the big treat was to get a glass of 7-up!
My fave memory is staying with my grandma for the weekend. She didnt drive but there was a target close to her house and we would walk there and she would give me and my sister 10 dollars each and let us pick out whatever we wanted! In 1975 $10 went a lot farther than it does today and for a 6 year old it was like being a millionare!
My grandma used to make me breakfast in bed , every time I spent the night at her house. I never had a grandpa.
So many great memories, spending time with them at the beach, night time stories they told, games we played.
Going on summer vacation with my grandmother and walking with her on the beach
Going to their farm and helping them on the farm.
My grandma used to take long walks with me in the country. 🙂
the awesome chinese food my grandfather would cook
My favorite memory is when we would go visit my grandparents every Sunday.
I could never pick justone of the both except at my wedding. I love and miss my grandparents desperatley
My favorite memory is making fudge with my grandma during Christmas time.
We never got to see them much growing up but one summer we took a road trip out to their home and stayed a whole month! It was so much fun! They had horses and it was so fun being able to learn to ride horses and take care of them from my grandparents!
My favorite memory was when I was a teenager and my parents flew me down for Christmas to visit my grandmother in Florida! We had so much fun she showed me all around….we had so much fun looking for sharks teeth washing up on the gulf shore! Priceless!
sadly not many, since my grandma died when I was 4 years old
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playing pool with them in their basement.
Christmas at their house.
my favorite memory is always getting to drink sugar with a little bit of coffee with her. LOL
My favorite memory of my grandparents would have to be driving across the state to have Christmas with them every year. Christmas was magical enough, add to that, the road trip and the awesome memories made with them, those days will always be cherished.
Thanks for the question tons of great memories are coming to mind. One of my favorites is getting to travel to Florida by myself to visit them, we had so much visiting lots of sites.
mine is they always took my side with my parents
One of my favorite memories is of my Grandma baking with me and taking me shopping.
The way they used to hug me, so very tight…
spending the night on weekends
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My favorite memory of my grandparents is when the took us to Walt Disney World and camped in Fort Wilderness
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Cooking with my Grandma.
My favorite is when my grandmother taught me to hand roll pasta
them waving as we left
My maternal grandfather passed down the love of gardening & my fondest memories are of him working on his tomatoes & tending to all his plants.
I remember my grandma making fudge all the time! !
my favorite memory is going to my grandma’s house for holiday dinners
We lived far away from them so when we moved back to their hometown, I remember being so excited to show them my new dress — I was just 5 at the time.
talking to my grandma on the phone all the time when I was little.
I loved the times my grandpa took me sledding behind his farm tractor
My favorite was going on vacation with them. They would take me with them every summer and they spoiled me rotten. lol Thank you!!
Every year during the week of the 4th (since the mill where my grandma worked was closed that week), they would take a short vacation to the mountains and then come by and pick me up and I would spend the rest of the week with them. Grandma curled my hair, got all my favorite foods, and spent lots of one-on-one time with me. My favorite week of the year… 🙂
My favorite memory is cooking with my grandmother
I remember visitng my grandma farm. First one I ever saw
My maternal grandparents died when my mother was a child and my paternal grandparents were not in my life much as my grandmother died from cancer when I was 3 and I was afraid of my grandfather. He’s always pinch us and we’d hide under the bed when he came over
Going shopping every week to just browse for clothes, etc. when I was in middle school and high school.
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My grandma always cooking meals for us
My Grand Ma would let us spend the night and she would let us cook!
Maternal – going out on their boat, wearing a little orange life jacket, and eating rice krispie treats.
Paternal – helping grandma bake cookies and serving them at tea parties with my 6′ 7″ grandpa.
i love my beach trips every summer
When they took me to Disneyland.
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my grandma fried me pumpkin blossoms and i thought it was so cool to eat a flower
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Traveling with them to our cabin in WV, and also attending the family reunion.
My amazing Nana is 92 and still alive. I loved seeing her over Thanksgiving in 2012, but my favorite memory of her has to be canoeing with her (just the two of us) when I was about 10.
My GG also lived to be 94, and she traveled more than 2500 miles to see me get married and we had a great time!
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Going to spend a week with the grandparents every summer until I was 11 or so. Loved getting away on “vacation” (and getting spoiled!)
My favorite memory was spending the night at Grandma’s house and getting to stay up late to watch TV and read, and I just always enjoyed her company so much!
making popcorn balls to hand out to the trick or treaters was a blast.
My favorite memory of my grandparents is the way they dote on us every time they see us. They never failed to make us feel special.
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My favorite memory was when my grandma taught me how to knit.
My favorite memory of visiting my grandparents is when my grandmother taught me how to knit.
when we would go camping together.
My favorite memory with my grandparents is baking with them and eating warm cookies fresh out of the oven.
My favorite memory was when my Grandmother use to show me things in her garden and all about her roses.
My favorite memories are vacations with my grandparents and cousins.
My favorit memory was when we ALL got together but now our family has become smaller 🙁
my grandparents always gave me a $1 bill and a kit kat bar every time I saw them..
my grandma loves to go out so a great memory of her is when she visited my family and we’d go out to eat at this local restaurant that we both loved and just talk. 🙂
My mom and I visiting my grandma Rose and though she was poor, she would always reach into her drawer and hand me a delicious chocolate bar. Somehow it tasted even better than normal because she gave it to me. Thx. Grandma!
Their Christmas dinners
My favorite memory of my Grandparents is when me and my parents arrived home from dinner and a movie and my Grandmother who was getting out of the car since it was so small she was basically on the floor trying to get out the door where me and my parents and her husband, my Grandfather were cracking up in tears.
Their names were Kate and Tandy and when I was little I called them Cake and Candy so they always called me cookie
I always remember my grandma’s pasta.
I spent a lot of time with my grandparents as they lived down the street. It was WONDERFUL.
Going to the beach every weekend with them.
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sitting on a bar stool in my grandma’s kitchen having her teach me French as she cooked
My grandma and I used to walk to the school to pick up my sister (I rode my trike).
Spending afternoons with my grandma when I didn’t have school
party at their house
MY GRANDFATHER READING TO ME
always staying with them for a few weeks over the summer
What is your favorite memory of your grandparents?
hard working and very thrify…i should have paid attention
Going to the big family Christmas dinner!
having tea with my grandma:)
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playing rummy with my grandma eating pizza
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swimming in my grandmother’s pool in florida then eating sandwichs in the warm sun
I used to play cards with my grandma every weekend.
Tea parties with my grandmother and with my grandpa when he would sit in a chair I would mess up his hair and he would yell after me and I would run away giggling….I miss him tons!
My favorite memory is going to visit them in the summer, and going swimming and fishing in the lake they lived on.
boo sadly i never had grandparents
My grandparents always played with me….dolls, tennis, riding bikes, swinging. They were so much fun!
My favorite memories are all the trips my grandma used to take me on
MAKING CINNAMIN TOAST AND PLAYING CARDS W/MY GRANDMOTHER 🙂
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doing puzzles with my grandma
When my grandmother moved in with us.
I never really spent time with my grandparents. I was closest to my great-grandma. I loved her. Her name was Minnie. I use to love going to her house and getting sodas or popsicles out of her garage fridge. She was a great lady and I miss her a lot!
Playing board games with them during family get togethers 🙂
going shopping down town and walking past the stores big windows
My grandma taking me to the county fair, loved it!
going to their house in vermont and playing on the hill in their back yard
spending the summers with them and going on road trips
I loved going to visit my grandparents every Sunday afternoon.
Going to their house every Friday night for dinner & Sunday morning for breakfast.
Christmas at my Grandma’s house, all the food and family together.
Sadly, only one of my grandparents was still living when I was born. I loved to visit the small town she lived in and just ride bicycles, fish in the river, and explore the woods with my cousins — all things quite rare for us city kids. Thanks for the chance to win the giveaway!
going to florida every year with both sets of grandparents since they were both great friends
I played cards with them
Grandma telling stories to me
watching my fair lady with them
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My favorite memory is visiting my grandma almost daily when she lived in the apartment within our house and spending a lot of time watching tv and hanging out with her.
I remember always playing cards with my grandma. Thanks
One Christmas, my grandma brought an entire suitcase of crafting supplies. She entertained me and my best friend most of the school break.
grandma making me cookies
Sitting on the front porch talking on nice evenings.
Christmas 🙂
Going to the lakehouse on the weekends during the summer fishing and swimming
Both of my grandfathers were deceased before I was born so I don’t have any memories of them, but my grandmothers and I saw each other often. They both loved to bake and I remember always getting to be the cookie ball roller for them. I would stand on a chair by the counter and roll the cookie dough for them and listen to stories about my parents when they were young. 😀
I remember when my sisters and I use to go to my nana’s house on Christmas eve and she’d make meatloaf muffins and then we’d make cookies and bingo. We had so much fun. Thanks for the chance.
too many to choose from! I lived across the street from them
them coming over every new years day for a turkey dinner
waiting by the window watching out for them to come down the street
Making cheese biscuits from scratch with my grandmother
My favorite memory of my grandparents is going to visit them in San Antonio.
I loved when my grandpap would take me to Murphy’s Mart shopping for a toy!
My favorite memory is going on walks with my grandpa near my grandparent’s house. We would throw pebbles into a nearby creek to see how big of a splash they would make.
My favorite memory of my grandma is working in the garden with her.
fav memory was a trip to Disneyland when I was 7 yo with them
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Going to their farm.
home made cake
I have very happy memories of going to the beach in Rhode Island with my grandparents
Going over to my grandfather’s house and spending time there with his daughter.
When they surprised me with a trip to Asia for my 16th birthday!
I used to play cards with my grandparents when I was a kid. I always had fun with them!
My favorite is of them taking us all in after my father passed away.
There laughter and smile. Was great.
Grandma called us her little angels. I remember making cookies, drinks, canning, cooking, and serving great tasting food. sigh….I wish I had learned how to cook from her. Ma did not.
Eating crackers and cheese each time I went to visit.
I don’t have any memories. Most of my grandparents died before I was old enough to remember them.
My grandma giving me this big whole dill pickle as we were leaving, like it was candy
I always loved being able to have a “second” Christmas over there the day after Christmas!
baking cookies with my granny
My grand mother lived next door and I was always there. She baked the best sugar cookies ever.
My grandpa would always send us home with lots of goodies from the garden and he would let me sip church wine in which i would go home with a woozie head and he would chuckle.
Every moment with my grandma. Just watching soaps with her. Little things.
My favorite memories are going on vacation with my grandparents every summer.
Swimming at their pool every Sunday in the summer!
I miss my grandpa’s strong hugs :'[
My favorite memory of my grandmother is going to visit her in Ohio every summer and spending the entire week on the beach having a blast!
Road tripping from MS to Canada when i was 9 🙂
I remember her chocolate chip cookies
My grandpaarents lived within walking distance of us when we were growing up. My favorite memory was of staying with my grandma on Friday nights. We would watch old movies til late. And when I woke up on Saturday morning she had always made fresh biscuits with her blackberry jam and butter and homemade hot cocoa from milk, Hershey’s cocoa and sugar.
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My favorite is having breakfast at my grandmother’s. She always made homemade biscuits, gravy and so many other things for a big family breakfast.
My Grandmothers Blueberry Pie.
Making fudge and cookies at Christmas time.
My grandparents would take us out to lunch at a place called Farrell’s at the mall and they had the best ice cream sundaes for dessert. I felt like a princess when I was around them!
Their homemade meals.
The time when my grandma made apple dumplings that tasted soo good.
My grandmother teaching me how to dance before my first dance at school. haha
making tamales!
their snoring
My grandma would play the guitar for us! I remember she let me choose the pick to use each time she played!
My favorite memories of my grandparents is spending time with them on their farm.
my favorite memorys of my grandmother is how her house always seemed like cakes,,ect..and how she would sit in her porch swing and make her quilt blocks by hand
sitting on gramps shoulders
Going into their garden and picking tomatoes
Every memory I have of my grandmother was precious. I loved spending time with her in the kitchen, and reading to her.
One of my favorite memories was driving my grandpa to town when I was only 10 to JC Penny! He would butter me up with a 1/2 gallon of ice cream(it was cheaper then one ice cream).
I would have it melted all over my lap and clothes by the time we got to town so I got a new outfit too!
Oh how I miss him and our fun drives.
Thank you for the opportunity, this movie looks like a riot(:
loved eating Breakfast at my grandparents house
going to vivist them in the summer and playing in their twisted tree in the backyard
my grandma teaching me how to cook
A memory of my grandparents is watching Alfred Hitchcock with my grandmother and my grandfather would sneak around trying to scare us 🙂
Going fishing with my Grandpa & baking cookies with my Grandma are some of my faves 🙂
My favorite memory of my grandmother is sharing a piece of sugar-free cheesecake with her which she loved and doing her hair for her which made her feel beautiful.
Just being together for Christmas and Easter!
hanging out at christmas
Celebrating their 50th anniversary a few years ago!
They would visit us every Sunday after they went to church. My Grandpa would come into the door and put his hat in the closet.. We would talk about what we are doing in school.
Sugar cookies
so lucky to have grandma and grand kids!
My grandma made the best meatloaf! She let me help cook in the kitchen 🙂
Christmases at both sets of grandparents…I miss them all.
there are so many so i will pick one from each: my grandpa use to pick me up from school in his truck. he was my papa and it was his bee beep, we would go looking for turtles on the country road on the way home from school.
my grandma was my mama. she always had jello or fruit cup every time we went to see her. she would ask us “are you staying the night?” the minute that she opened the door. she loved us with all of her heart. thanks for a chance to share my grandparents with you!
My grandmother was always cooking the most amazing food and my grandfather wore hats
banana splits
At bed time she would pretend to eat us, we would giggle and giggle
Honestly, I cannot say I really have any. I didn’t really know them.
in the kitchen sitting around their old wood burner stove and talking
Sitting on my great grandfather’s lap while listening to his stories and telling him about my day. My great grandfather was blind when I was born, but I enjoyed our visits.
My grandfather teaching me to play cards, dominoes and other games.
Visiting my grandfather at his doctor’s office in 1955.
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Eating ice cream on the front porch with my grandparents in the summertime. Thanks for the giveaway.
my grandmothers kitchen how it was warm and always smelled so fantastick
Surprising them on there 50th anniversary when my whole family flew to florida to see them.
my pop took me for ice cream floats on sundays
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My favorite memory of my Grandparents is Christmas eve, we went to there house every year as children. When i got older it was drinking old fashions at the bar with my Grandpa listening to his war stories.
Learning how to cook with my grandmother.
My grandpa to me shopping for a dress when I was about 5
I am so very lucky that I have so many. I just lost my grandpop last year and still have my grandmom!
I loved spending the night every Friday at my grandparents when I was younger.
cooking together during the holidays!
Going to the movies. They took me to see the Birdcage lol.
My favorite Grandparent memory is my Sunday Pot Roast Dinner!
My favorite memory of my grandparents was getting to spend a whole week with them every summer and I would sew with my grandmother and site outside with my grandpa watching the weather and talking.
I remember eating raspberries that my grandpa would pick and bring over to share with me
My favorite memory of my grandparents was going to their house every Sunday for lunch and just laughing and having a good time.
Always having a positive outlook on life…..really helped me in trying situations
wish I could say didnt know mine really
i only vaguely remember sitting on my grandfathers knee..
playing card games with them thanks
watching incredible hulk together all day
We would visit my grandparents at Christmas and all of us cousins would sing carols to them.
I grew up only having one grandmother in my life and my favorite memory of her was when she took me out to eat and to get a perm on my birthday.
My favorite memory of my grandparents is when they would have a Christmas eve party every year. it was so much fun!
My grandfather was my best friend.
when I was a kid my grandmother taught me how to do a few things like playing games
my favorite is when my younger brother jumped out from behind a chair and scared my grandmother..she was so mad she gave me m & m’s but not him..he didnt think it was so funny then lol
I never met either of my grandfathers, but my maternal grandmother would make paczki before the begining of each Lent, and they are so good! She taught me many years ago.
Ohhh I have so many. Every summer we used to go visit them for a week at the lake. We’d wake up really early in the morning and be sitting by their door just waiting for my grandmother to wake up so we could go swimming. I bet she dreaded those mornings;)
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Gathering eggs on my grandmaw’s farm.
Every Sunday the whole family would gather at my grandparents house and have dinner. It was always great food and a good time hanging out with everyone.
Noticing them sitting on the couch holding hands when they were both well into their 80’s.
My favorite memory of my grandparents was spending the summer with them on their farm. My Grandpa would come in from the fields with a fresh watermelon and we would all gather around on the porch while he cut it and passed it around. It was the best watermelon ever.
I know it’s weird, but I remember my grandma always having Jello for us when we went to visit.
My grandpa taught me to use a computer!
Every summer my grandparents would have me stay for 2 weeks. I absolutely loved it!
There big German sheperd
doing thousand+ piece jigsaw puzzles
I loved going to my grandma’s house and playing penny poker!
watching my granny cook!
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My favorite memory is my grandmother teaching me how to plant a garden.
my grandfather drinking his coffee from dunkin doughnuts and I could remember how happy that small cup made him
Every thanksgiving my grandfather would make pumpkin and apple pie
I have so many – my favorite of my Grandma is sitting around her house on Saturday nights watching sitcom TV and also watch Dallas with her every weekend
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My favorite is taking my grandmother to atlantic city
i cant really say i remember a whole lot about my grandparents but i do remember spending the night there once and my grandfather told us that if we didnt go to sleep the panthers would come get us lol i dont think i slept at all that night lol
My grandfather used to have different sets if fake funny dentures. You never knew what he would be wearing
Going to the gathering of nations pow wow in New mexico when i was younger with my grandma!
Baking cookies with my Grandma
My grandma making us goodies such as palichinki, showing us how to dance the polks, seeing her fur coats and always having Hershey Kisses available in her candy dish.
The best was being able to see them over the summer every year! My dad was in the Navy we moved alot never lived near them but every summer I got to see them 🙂
My favorite memory is visiting my grandparents at Christmas.
Mine iswhen I was little my Grandmother would take me and my little sister shopping and to lunch
Thanks for the giveaway…loved my grandparents Irish brogue.
I remember shopping with my grandmother as a child.
My favorite memory was introducing my grandmother to her first great grandchild. 🙂
My grandfather was a retired minister when I married and said a prayer for my husband and I at the beginning of our wedding.
spending xmas with them
My favorite memory is every friday night I would stay at my grammy’s house and we would pop popcorn and watch Friday Fright Night, use to be scary movies on friday nights, loved every minute of it.
My grandfather gave me the love of reading. My grandmother the love of playing the piano.
My Grandmother putting her homemade Mayhaw Jelly on my hot buttered toast! 🙂
Thank You!